Owner/Founder

Mary spends her time coordinating, planning and hosting exciting events, exploring her local Brooklyn neighborhood, and sleeping on occasion. She loves games, books, cooking and especially the pulse of NYC!

Senior Event Coordinator

Dawn is a Jill of all trades who truly enjoys supporting the POGO staff. When she isn’t in the “office”, she can be found scouting out new beer bars, checking books out of the library, or preparing for foreign travel. As a rule, she never leaves home without a deck of cards, as you never know when entertainment might be needed!

Event Coordinator

Living in New York all her life (apart from studying abroad in London) has given Amy a real love of the city and exploring all it has to offer. While on a short hiatus from full-time work she had the time to focus on her true passion of digital photography with her amazing subject – the city of NY.

Event Coordinator

Rachel moved to New York to pursue her dance career from Nebraska after graduating from Stephens College. During her time here she has worked for the Brooklyn Cyclones & Mets baseball teams along with bringing Holiday cheer as an Elf at Macy’s. In the past 10 years she has been busy moving and a shaking with many different dance shows and choreographers! She is excited to join the Pogo team! Her first experience with Pogo races she happily kicked and danced her way through the streets to a WIN!!!

Event Coordinator

This self-proclaimed geek and native New Yorker is a recent New Jersey transplant. You can find this foodie, bar crawler, and movie Broadway aficionado frequenting the Big Apple. Drawing from his deep well of general knowledge and current events he loves writing scavenger hunts and coming up with challenging, but enjoyable obstacles for participants. Greg has a Bachelor in Psychology, Master in Information Systems, and a doctorate in fun.

Event Coordinator

Samantha proudly hails from the Sunshine State and made her way to the concrete jungle 8 years ago in search of fun opportunities and new exciting things to discover. Thankfully NYC has plenty to offer. Everyday Samantha finds new things to get in to and she enjoys sharing her findings with others. When she is not helping others discover NYC, is planning events in NYC for the masses and loving it.

Event Coordinator

Sarose is a recent graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where she studied Psychology and Biology. A lover of all things music and entertainment, she was a member of The Victory Eights, the longest continuing, all female, collegiate a cappella group in the nation. Now that she is back home in the Big Apple for good, she is taking on corporate events by day and is a proud new member of the amazing Pogo team by night. On the off chance she is not creating an exciting event experience you can find her singing, collecting rubber ducks, trying new foods, spending time with her family and enjoying live music with friends.

Event Coordinator

Elizabeth grew up in New York City. During the first 16 years of her life, she found her passion for the arts and event planning. Whenever she had the chance, she would participate in plays, coordinating parties, and write songs/poetry/scripts. She moved upstate at 16 and moved back down to the city 6 years later. After exploring the Social Work Field, she has decided to continue a journey of creative arts, film, advertising, and event planning. She just wrote and produced her first film and looks forward to the future. Outside of work, her favorite sport to play is basketball and favorite sport to watch is football! Hopefully JETS will eventually become a good team!

Event Coordinator

Hailing from Illinois, Kelli brings her Midwest charm to NYC. With over four years experience in event production, Kelli excels in executing all of the finer details. She’s a proud new member of Team Pogo. When Kelli is not taking over the world, she’s either attending the best music festivals on the East Coast or searching for her next favorite taco spot in one of the five boroughs.

Event Coordinator

Diana is from Jersey but she loves NYC and all the fun it has to offer. Through her work at colleges and universities in student affairs, she has learned how to engage different populations and has successfully managed both small and large events for audiences of all ages. She also loves to connect with people, explore NYC, and have fun with new adventures, which makes her a great Event Coordinator for POGO Events. She can't wait to meet you and your family/friends at your next scavenger hunt! When Diana is not managing scavenger hunts around the city, you can find her...still in the city volunteering, going to shows, drinking Frappuccinos or at home bingeing on every single show on TV ever created!

Event Coordinator

Anna is a Brooklyn native whose motto is “Have MetroCard– will travel”. A graduate of Hofstra University, where she majored in English and studied marketing—Anna enjoys keeping up with NYC’s energetic pulse and events. She enjoys getting together with her tristate area friends, loves coffee (a must!), and going to hear live bands. With a background in book publishing—Anna likes to keep up with current events, meet new people, and hunt for the latest bargain.

Assistant Event Coordinator

Originally from Boston, MA, Tess enjoys meditation, spending time with her kitty Mishka, and exploring NYC. Her favorite board games are Balderdash, Cards Against Humanity, and Scattergories! Tess is an actor based in Brooklyn.

Florida Senior Event Coordinator

Like Pogo Events, Jenna was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Always looking for an adventure, she moved to Jacksonville, Florida and brought Pogo with her! She’s looking forward to exploring her new surroundings, while finding some hidden and non hidden gems. Still a foodie at heart, cooking and trying new places is where you can find her when shes not out discovering the city!

San Francisco Event Coordinator

Kim was likely a game-show host in a former life, as her enthusiasm for competitive group activities has flourished into full-time career as an event host and facilitator. When she’s not leading our public hunts or private events, Kim enjoys supporting local non-profit organizations, or impromptu wine over boardgames with close friends.